nonconsumptive
adjEtymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Germanic *ne Proto-Indo-European *ís? Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos Proto-Germanic *ainaz Proto-Germanic *nainaz Proto-West Germanic *nain Old English nān Middle English non ▲ Old English nān Old English nān- Middle English non- English non- Proto-Indo-European *ḱe Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub- Proto-Indo-European *h₁em-der. Proto-Italic *emō Latin emō Latin sūmō Latin cōnsūmō Latin cōnsūmptus Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -ive Middle English consumptive English consumptive English nonconsumptive From non- + consumptive.
- derived from -īvus Old French -ifbor
Definitions
That does not consume a resource.
That is not consumed (eaten).
Not suffering from consumption, or tuberculosis.
The neighborhood
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for nonconsumptive. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
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